Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County citizens got together last Friday in a bipartisan effort to express their concerns and desires for their community. Members of the county's Democrat and Republican central committees sponsored a day-long program that brought three members of the state Democrat party's ag/rural caucus to the county in what they called a listening tour. The goal of the visit, said visitor Don Schwerin of Walla Walla, is to get people working together across party lines and to gather input to highlight issues that rural dwelling members of both...
With the arrival of spring and warmer temperatures, construction work resumes on the SR 409 Puget Island Bridge Deck Replacement and Painting project. Beginning tomorrrow (Friday), crews will close a single lane of the bridge around-the-clock for bridge painting work. The single-lane closure is expected to remain in place 24/7 until construction is complete, said Tamara Greenwell, Department of Transportation communication director. At this time, there are no full closures of the bridge scheduled, Greenwell said. Later this year, crews may...
The Wahkiakum County Port 1 commissioners met last Thursday to talk about mergers, trunk shows, grant applications and more. Commissioner Brett Deaton gave an update on talks between Port 1 and Port 2. “We met Tuesday and talked about approaching an interlocal agreement first,” Deaton said. “Sharing equipment, sharing personnel to make it a little better between ports. Merging ports wasn’t even touched at that meeting. I think there is reluctance on both parts. They were pretty positive about an...
Coastal waters are cooling and attracting higher value, more fat-rich food -- a good sign for salmon, steelhead and ocean predators, such as Orcas -- after several years of unusually warm conditions (2014 – 2016), when the warm water “blob” dominated coastal conditions, according to a report released last week by NOAA Fisheries. However, ocean conditions are still mixed. The good news is that copepods off Newport, Ore., are mostly of cool-water, lipid rich species; krill lengths off Northern California have increased, an indicator of avail...
• Already passed the Senate, • Would give tenants 14 days before eviction process begins OLYMPA (March 19) -- Protecting tenant rights through increasing the length of eviction proceedings is part of eviction-reform legislation, currently in the state House of Representatives. The House Committee on Civil Rights and Judiciary heard public testimony on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5600 on Tuesday. The bill would extend from three to 14 days the time a tenant has to comply with a notice to pay rent or vacate before unlawful detainer action. T...
• Allows non-traditional addresses to be used for voter registration on tribal lands • Election officials must have access by public roads to ballot drop boxes on tribal lands OLYMPIA (March 15) -- The Native American Voting Rights act was signed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee at a widely attended ceremony on March 14. "We believe these three steps will allow tribal members to help us form a more perfect union and make good decisions about our destiny," Inslee said of the changes the bill mak...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m....
On Tuesday, a special meeting was held at 5 p.m., prior to the regular board meeting to continue dialogue about upgrades and repairs to the district’s vocational and music wing, constructed in 1957. At 6:30 p.m., the regular board meeting was called to order. In personnel matters, the board acknowledged the retirement of Darrilyn Eastham, effective at the end of the school year. Mrs. Eastham has worked in the district for nearly 23 years. The board also approved the hire of Kathryn Green as middle school track coach. In special a...
Story and photos by Diana Zimmerman Doernbecher Week has become Doernbecher Days at Wahkiakum School District as the Key Club and students will spend the rest of March raising money for Doernbecher Children's Hospital located in Portland. Last year, Wahkiakum students raised $5,604.73. This year they've set a goal to raise $5,000. Wahkiakum sophomore Beau Carlson was at Doernbecher recently, recovering from an infection that followed a traumatic brain injury. His mother, Leihanna Carlson, was at...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to contact the state senate to oppose legislation that would outlaw non-tribal gillnet commercial fisheries in Washington Jan. 1, 2023, and establish a buyout program for retiring licenses by Dec. 31, 2022. Proponents say gillnets are non-selective gear that ensnare wild and endangered salmon and with other species, they are not a good management, and they adversely impact the recreational fishing industry. Senate Bill 5617 would also establish a three-tier program to buy out gillnetters' license...
Debra Lawson, who has dropped Bean from her name due to a divorce, she said, was in court March 6 to plead not guilty to eight counts stemming from her ownership of Angel Wings, an animal sanctuary on Puget Island. Lawson has been charged with 1) failure to provide suitable food; 2) failure to provide facilities for animal waste disposal so as to minimize odors; 3) failure to tag dogs or cats with a unique identifying number; 4) failure to provide indoor facilities adequately ventilated to...
Crews will be returning soon to complete the Washington State Department of Transportation’s deck replacement and painting project on the Puget Island bridge. With spring on its way, workers will be back to paint the bridge below the roadway; complete deck work, including sidewalk planks, curbing, drainage, and paving; and replace rivets and do steel repair work. Finally, there will be some finishing touches and removal of all the construction equipment. Single lane closures are tentatively s...
Smelt and other fish are migrating in local rivers, and photographer Genie Cary spotted these bald eagles last week in the Grays River Valley....
OLYMPIA (March 8, 2019) -- In recent days, we have received a substantial number of comments about the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission's recent decision to modify the Columbia River Basin Salmon Management Policy and extend the use of gillnets on the river. We'd like to share some information that led to their decision. The commission, which sets policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), approved the policy in 2013 with the intent of promoting orderly fisheries, advancing wild salmon and steelhead recovery, and...
The Bank of the Pacific will officially transfer ownership of the former Naselle branch building to the Ocean Beach Hospital this Friday. The meeting will take place at 1 p.m. with bank Chief Executive Officer Denise Portmann and members of the Ocean Beach Hospital management team. The hospital district plans to use the building as the new site of the Naselle Clinic. "We believe this transfer will be a benefit to the Ocean Beach Hospital and surrounding community members," said Eric Bjella, bank vice-president and marketing manager. The bank...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30-Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7...
OLYMPIA (March 6, 2019) -- In a 57-40 vote, the Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill that would eliminate the philosophical or personal objection used to exempt children from receiving the vaccines required to attend school in Washington. Engrossed House Bill 1638 adopted six amendments out of 42 requested before final passage. The companion bill, Senate Bill 5841, will be considered next. The measure was co-sponsored by 15 representatives and introduced by Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, the only Republican sponsor. “This is...
• Plaintiffs claim initiative deprives their 2nd and 14th Amendment rights • Defendants summoned to court for following the Washington state law OLYMPIA (March 8, 2019) -- Two civil rights lawsuits in Washington state have challenged the constitutionality of certain bans enacted through the gun control measure, Initiative 1639. Each lawsuit is built on the premise that the initiative deprives plaintiffs of rights under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs have remained the same for each cas...
OLYMPIA (March 12, 2019) School District Bonds will still need 60 percent of the vote, after a Senate constitutional amendment failed to get the two-thirds vote required to pass. The amendment received 28 votes in favor and 21 in opposition. The only Democrat in opposition to Senate Joint Resolution 8201 was Senator Tim Sheldon, D- Potlatch. A school district bond is voted on by the public, usually to finance a building project. During the Senate floor debate, many senators voiced their concerns with reducing the voting percentage threshold,...
• Requires suppliers in the agricultural supply chain to report human rights violations to retail sellers • Met with wide farmer community opposition OLYMPIA (Feb. 28, 2019) Retail sellers of agricultural products, regardless of where the product originated, who do business in Washington and have a worldwide gross receipt of more than $200 million, would be required to disclose violations of employment-related laws, incidents of slavery, peonage, or working to payback debt, and human trafficking, under proposed legislation. Sen. Rebecca Sal...
OLYMPIA (March 7, 2019) -- A statewide broadband office would be created under legislation passed by the Washington state Senate in a unanimous vote March 6. Senate Bill 5511 would establish the Governor’s Statewide Broadband Office, require the Public Works Board to create a grant and loan program, and modify the state Universal Communications Services Program, along with other changes. The expansions to the Universal Communication Services Program would cost $5 million annually and if the money is not used in any given year the funds would r...
Wahkiakum County commissioners hosted two workshops Tuesday, with one aimed at clearing up confusion over hiring by Health and Human Services (H&HS) and the other a round table addressing watershed issues. Commissioners and staff of the H&HS and the auditors office addressed confusion over budget status and hiring by H&HS. H&HS Director Chris Bischoff has asked the commission to approve hiring new personnel and adjusting salaries for positions not in his department budgets. Funding has been available from grants and contracts and from shifting...
Brilliant color filled the sky last Tuesday at Skamokawa Vista Park. Photo courtesy of Megan Blackburn Friend....
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met Tuesday morning to approve a couple resolutions and hear about recent activity at the utility. General Manager Dave Tramblie reported that the PUD had completed a project to move about 3,500 feet of overhead lines underground on East Birnie Slough Road. The work means the crew will have to spend less time trimming trees in the area in the future. A brush cutter that was purchased recently has turned out to be a great tool, Tramblie said....
